We are excited to announce that TempDev has been named an approved service partner for CalHIPSO. As the Regional Extension Center for California (except LA and Orange counties), CalHIPSO is responsible for helping priority primary care providers reach meaningful use. As an approved service partner, we will be providing our optimization and template development services [...]

Last Thursday, Dr. Blumenthal announced that meaningful use will be finalized by mid or late Spring 2010. Turns out that often quoted December 31st date is actually for a draft, after which there will be 60 days for comments and then additional revisions.
Frustrated, I went back to the initial enabling legislation in ARRA and found [...]

A good friend and mentor was known for sitting patiently during long, contentious meetings before finally asking “What problem are we trying to solve?” After receiving blank stares, she would respond with “I think we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Let’s define the problem before we attempt to solve it.”
I consistently find problem definition to be [...]

TempDev has been a leader in EHR interoperability for years, through our relationships with Midmark and McKesson and our implementation of interfaces between EHRs and labs, radiology, hospitals, devices, registries, PHRs, and practice management systems. As EHRs become more established and the “meaningful use” provision of the HITECH stimulus begins to take effect, there is [...]

Governor Kathleen Sebelius was nominated by President Obama yesterday for the HHS Secretary post. With much of the definition of the HITECH Act waiting for the new HHS Secretary’s definition, we’ve all been waiting with baited breath to see who will be put into this important role. Now we’re left asking: What does Kathleen Sebelius [...]

All I’ve been hearing lately is stimulus package, stimulus package, stimulus package. Ben and I have started to make plans for when all this money starts to hit and today I noticed that NextGen has too. They’ve even made their own webpage for it and even having a webinar! I keep feeling that everyone is [...]

We always appreciate insight from our friend John Weir, President of Illumysis. He is honest, direct, knowledge, and usually spot on.
As a result, John recent comment on my post about Obama’s goal of getting the entire country on EMRs deserves its own post. As John points out, while Obama’s stimulus is commendable, it is unrealistic:
I [...]